Happenings for Week of June 5th

Monday, June 5th, 2006

The Bar Show
@ Jacob Javits Convention Center
655 West 34th Street @ 11th Avenue
12 - 6p
Cost: $30.00 (additional for seminars)
For more information: www.newyorkbarshow.com

Mr. McGregor
Come and listen to a locally admired trailer-punk-trio
from Brooklyn
@ Manitoba’s
99 Avenue B (between 6th and 7th Streets)
7:30p
For more information: www.mrmcgregortheband.com


Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

Opening Reception: Paintings of Sonia Grineva:
City Scenes and Landscapes of Europe and America
@ The Pen and Brush
16 East Tenth Street (between 5th Avenue and University Place)
5:30 - 8p
Free
For more information call: 212.627.8499

Summer Soiree
@ Fizz Restaurant
137 East 55th Street (@ Lexington Avenue)
6 - 10p
Cost: $15.00 in advance, $20.00 at door
For more information and to sign up: www.reallivepeopleparty.com



2nd Annual Awwwww Shucks Oyster Shuck
Help us kick off summer and raise money for the fight against MS.
@ McCormick & Schmick’s
1285 Avenue of the Americas (@ 52nd Street)
6:30 - 9:30p
Cost: $40.00 – space is limited
For more information and to sign up: www.nationalmssociety.org

HurryDate’s 5th Year Anniversary Bash
@ Prey
4 West 22nd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
6:30p
Cost: $20.25-members, $27.00-non members, $35.00 at door
http://www.hurrydate.com


Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

Sunset Yoga
Watch the sunset over the New York City Harbor while
Exercising
@ On the boardwalk in Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park (Brooklyn)
Registration starts at 6:30p, class starts 7p
Free
For more information: http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org

Summer After Work Party
@ Taj
48 West 21st Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues0
7 - 11p
Cost: No cover with advance RSVP
To rsvp: www.davidshapiro.net




Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in all its Moods
Presented by author Michael Wex
@ Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
7p
Cost: $10.00 adults
For more information: http://www.mjhnyc.org/safrahall/visit_safra_hall7.htm

2nd Annual Tools for Change Benefit
Creating employment opportunities for low-income New Yorkers
@ Prey
4 West 22nd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
7 - 9p
Cost: $50.00 in advance, $60.00 at door
To buy tickets or more information: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=111049

Surf Burlesque on the Bowery
A bawdy return to burlesque’s roots where the first seductive dances were born.
@ Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (@East 1st Street)
10p
Cost: $10.00
For more information: www.bowerypoetry.com


Thursday, June 8th, 2006

Que syrah, shiraz!
A comparative speed tasting
@ Bacchus
2056 Broadway (between 70th and 71st Street)
6 - 7p
Cost $10.00
For more information and to sign up: http://www.bacchusnyc.com/events/#33

Drive in Movies at the Rock… ‘Once in a Lifetime’
Rockefeller Center Plaza
5th – 7th Avenue, 47-51st Streets
9p
Free – first come, first serve
For more information: http://www.rockefellercenter.com/home.html

Capture the Flag
On the Lower East Side
Meet on the corner of Houston and Orchard
7:30p - 10p
Free
For more information: www.nygames.net or call 516.375.9146


Friday, June 9th, 2006

FIFA World Cup – Germany 2006 starts today

Kenny Chesney
Live from the Good Morning America Stage
@ Bryant Park
7a
Free
For more information : http://www.bryantpark.org/calendar/gma-concerts.php

Five at Fives
Discover 5 extraordinary wines for just $5 a glass
@ Bar at Fives – Peninsula Hotel
700 Fifth Avenue (@ 55th Street)
For more information: http://newyork.peninsula.com/pny/dining_02.html

Singles, Mingle, Cheese Tasting
@ M Bar
349 Broome Street (between Bowery and Elizabeth)
7p
Cost: $10.00 in advance, $15.00 at door
For more information and to sign up: www.menonasilverplatter.8m.com




Sunset Jam on the Hudson
@ Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park
Battery Park City
6:30 - 8:30p
Free
For more information: http://bpcparks.org/bpcp/events/events.php#all_ages


Saturday, June 10, 2006

Gateway to Nations Pow Wow (also on Sunday the 11th)
A celebration of Native American Culture
Floyd Bennett Field – Gateway National Park (Brooklyn)
11a - 7p
Cost: $10.00
For more information and directions: http://www.redhawkcouncil.org

Conservatory Garden Tour
Come and learn about the Garden’s history, design and plantings
Conservatory Garden – Central Park
105th Street and Fifth Avenue
11a - 12:30p
Free
Fore more information: http://www.centralparknyc.org/17613/8594058

Big Apple BBQ Block Party (also on Sunday the 11th)
Bring an appetite for this mouth watering event
Madison Square Park
Madison Avenue between 23rd – 26th Streets
And 24th Street between Park and Madison
12 - 6p
For more information: http://www.bigapplebbq.org

Magathon
Leading literary magazine editors read favorite selections from their latest issues.
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Dewitt Wallace Periodical Room – 5th Avenue and 42nd Street
4 - 6:30p
Free
For more information: call 212.930.0876


Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Kayaking and Strawberry Picking
7a - 7p
Cost: $97.00 member, $112.00 – non-member
For more information and to sign up: http://www.adventuresociety.com

Egg Rolls and Egg Creams Block Party
This festival celebrates the two cultures who live and work in the community.
On Eldridge Street between Canal and Division Streets
12 - 4p
Free
For more information call: 212.219.0888

Singles Da Vinci Hunt
@ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue (@ 82nd Street)
1:30 - 4:30p
Cost: $35.00
For more information and to sign up: www.meetmarketadventures.com/events/details.php?evt_id=1058

Sopranos Tour (#445)
Take a peek inside Bada Bing’s and many other Soprano sites..
2 - 6p
Cost: $40.00
For more information and to sign up: http://www.zerve.com/onlocation/sopranos

No Pet Left Behind Fundraiser
@ McCarthy’s Bar
345 Second Avenue (@ 20th Street)
6 - 10p
Suggested donation $25.00
For more information: www.strayfromtheheart.org